From Amber McNamara, our 6-year-old niece:
From a young man in Cairo after the Egyptian Revolution:
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. Life is the most precious give we all have. I spent years trying to enjoy it, every moment every second. How beautiful life is. But then life teaches you well that you cannot enjoy it alone. You need to share it with a loving family, a caring friend, or a beautiful partner it doesn't matter how many people are close to you as long as you have someone who shares this same feeling with you, which is love. As I became older I discovered that love is about sacrifice. A mother experiences so much pain to give birth to her child, than she wouldn't mind to sacrifice her life for him in the name of love. A real friend would share everything he has, time, money, food and may even sacrifice his life for his best friend. Every human being, at some point, would sacrifice himself for his beloved ones.But is there a greater love than sacrificing ourselves for the upcoming generations? Giving our lives to who will replace us in the future life? For this dream we didn't stay calm, we decided to say NO to whoever cares not for us or for you. Whether it would be a corrupted government, a dictatorial president or even their allies we decided to face them all, bring them to justice and replace them with who would really love this country and share this love with its people. As an Egyptian I am proud that I have lived those moments, I have seen young people fighting and dying for us, and especially for you. From this historical moment, life became more beautiful than before, for the first time in my life I knew the true meaning of love. Love is sharing. And love is sacrifice...
In your future, I hope that this true meaning of love will reach everyone's heart. God bless you all.
Ismail Youssef, Cairo, Egypt
Thank you to all of you who have written letters for the installation. For those of you would still like to do so, please email them to me as soon as possible! They do not have to be long. They just have to start with "Dear Future Generation" (or some form of that) and end with your name, city, and country.
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